Gold prices rose to the highest in over three months, supported by a weaker U.S. dollar. Investors are keeping watch for the upcoming inflation data.
Gold has the potential to move toward $5,000 a troy ounce as continued central bank demand, fiscal risks and geopolitical uncertainty support a largely optimistic medium-term outlook, XS.com said.
For the third consecutive week, speculative investors increased their bullish bets on gold, in part due to growing uncertainty surrounding the sustainability of U.S. government debt, reigniting the debasement trade.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's announcement that the Treasury could use $1 trillion of Treasury General Account money to fund bond buybacks is the latest indication of a darkening outlook for the U.S. dollar. As yields rise and the debt climbs amid the ongoing Strait of Hormuz conflict, the dollar appears more and more precarious.
After a months-long correction that saw gold prices drop 30% from their all-time highs, the market is once again attracting significant momentum. Gold prices are starting the week with a push toward $4,700 an ounce, currently trading at their highest level in 15 weeks.
The price of silver hardly budged on Monday, though the metal is still hovering around its highest price in about two months. Silver futures were down about 0.3% as of Monday morning, while spot silver was down about 0.1%, both around a price of $69.
Spot gold and silver prices are higher in early U.S. trading Monday, as a weaker U.S. dollar, fiscal-risk hedging and lingering Strait of Hormuz uncertainty kept buyers active despite still-elevated Treasury yields.
Gold rose in Asian trade. The yellow metal has rebounded sharply from July lows, supported by renewed investment demand and growing unease over the U.S. fiscal outlook, ING said.
Gold broke above its 200-day moving average as Treasury buybacks lowered yields and a weaker dollar pulled buyers back into XAUUSD.
Max Baecker says the crisis behind gold's sluggish price action is not because of gold itself but instead the U.S. debt situation. He offers his key reasons backing the bull case, from central bank buying to an ever-evolving Fed structure and lasting geopolitical uncertainty.
Cryptocurrencies and precious metals shot higher, while the U.S. dollar weakened, after the Treasury Department said it planned to double its bond buybacks.
Gold prices surged to their third straight weekly gain, as concerns over U.S. debt sustainability, a weaker dollar, and the Treasury Department's surprise move to expand long-dated bond buybacks helped the precious metal break above $4,600 per ounce.